Throughout his life, George Herbert wrote religious poems characterized by a precision of language, a metrical versatility, and an ingenious use of imagery or conceits that was favoured by the metaphysical school of poets. Charles Cotton described him as a “soul composed of harmonies.”(Michael Schmidt, Poets on Poets essay on George Herbert)

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July 10, 2014 THURSDAY: 7.00-9:00 p.m.
First Unitarian Church of San José (Sanctuary)
160 N Third Street, San José
Reading by CAROLYN GRASSI
and BILL BALDWIN
Mystery, Meditation and Myth in Poetry;
Sacred Place in Prose

June 19, 2014 THURSDAY: 7:00 p.m..
WILLOW GLEN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Featured Reader: CAROLYN GRASSI
followed by open mic

First Unitarian Church, SJ

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QUOTING RON HANSEN

"Carolyn Grassi's 'Heart and Soul' is fascinating in its fluent and affecting blend of memoir and poetry, reminiscence and sheer invention, loss, grief and homage. Adopting a persona at times, or imitating a seminal influence on her writing at other junctures, [Carolyn Grassi] has created a quilt of memories and reflections on a life's education—the journey we all hope to make from becoming to being, or from acting as disciples to representing ourselves and our art as apostles..."
Read the complete foreword by Ron Hansen in 'Heart and Soul' published by Patmos Press, San Francisco, CA.